Erebus
['eribəs]
Definition
(noun.) (Greek mythology) Greek god of darkness who dwelt in the underworld; son of Chaos; brother of Nox; father of Aether and Day.
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Definition
(n.) A place of nether darkness, being the gloomy space through which the souls passed to Hades. See Milton's "Paradise Lost," Book II., line 883.
(n.) The son of Chaos and brother of Nox, who dwelt in Erebus.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. (Myth.) [L.] Hell, Tartarus, Hades, Avernus, the lower world, the infernal regions, shades below, region of darkness.
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Definition
n. (myth.) the dark and gloomy cavern between earth and Hades: the lower world hell.
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